Father Stephen Gadberry

But it was a lot of fun. So, yeah, I was over there. That was 07. It was just one short deployment. Yeah. I want to go back to Iraq.

But it was a lot of fun. So, yeah, I was over there. That was 07. It was just one short deployment. Yeah. I want to go back to Iraq.

But it was a lot of fun. So, yeah, I was over there. That was 07. It was just one short deployment. Yeah. I want to go back to Iraq.

Not for the sake of war, but, like, I just love people. I want to hear people's story.

Not for the sake of war, but, like, I just love people. I want to hear people's story.

Not for the sake of war, but, like, I just love people. I want to hear people's story.

We may get into this a little bit later, but this puts it in perspective. So later on, years down the road when I'm in seminary in Rome, I had a classmate who was living just miles from the base where I was at over there. He was a Chaldean Catholic. I think it was Chaldean Catholic. It's part of the Catholic church, one of the lines in there. But he was from Central Iraq.

We may get into this a little bit later, but this puts it in perspective. So later on, years down the road when I'm in seminary in Rome, I had a classmate who was living just miles from the base where I was at over there. He was a Chaldean Catholic. I think it was Chaldean Catholic. It's part of the Catholic church, one of the lines in there. But he was from Central Iraq.

We may get into this a little bit later, but this puts it in perspective. So later on, years down the road when I'm in seminary in Rome, I had a classmate who was living just miles from the base where I was at over there. He was a Chaldean Catholic. I think it was Chaldean Catholic. It's part of the Catholic church, one of the lines in there. But he was from Central Iraq.

And we're sitting in class learning about God, talking about putting things in perspective. Like we're sitting beside each other when eight years before, like we were within miles of each other. Isn't that wild? That is crazy. It's wild. And so like when I say I want to go back to Iraq, it's like I just want to like see people and like. like their lives, like the good people.

And we're sitting in class learning about God, talking about putting things in perspective. Like we're sitting beside each other when eight years before, like we were within miles of each other. Isn't that wild? That is crazy. It's wild. And so like when I say I want to go back to Iraq, it's like I just want to like see people and like. like their lives, like the good people.

And we're sitting in class learning about God, talking about putting things in perspective. Like we're sitting beside each other when eight years before, like we were within miles of each other. Isn't that wild? That is crazy. It's wild. And so like when I say I want to go back to Iraq, it's like I just want to like see people and like. like their lives, like the good people.

There's some good ones over there. Like the farmer that had the best fruit I've ever had in my life was when I was in Iraq, the melon, some cantaloupes or watermelons.

There's some good ones over there. Like the farmer that had the best fruit I've ever had in my life was when I was in Iraq, the melon, some cantaloupes or watermelons.

There's some good ones over there. Like the farmer that had the best fruit I've ever had in my life was when I was in Iraq, the melon, some cantaloupes or watermelons.

See the people. No one in particular. There's no individual person that I met. You just want to experience the culture there? Hear stories, yeah, experience the culture, yeah. Interesting. Yeah. Do you think you'll do it? I don't know. I'd be open to it, but I don't know. Probably not. Yeah. So it was 07, quick deployment.

See the people. No one in particular. There's no individual person that I met. You just want to experience the culture there? Hear stories, yeah, experience the culture, yeah. Interesting. Yeah. Do you think you'll do it? I don't know. I'd be open to it, but I don't know. Probably not. Yeah. So it was 07, quick deployment.

See the people. No one in particular. There's no individual person that I met. You just want to experience the culture there? Hear stories, yeah, experience the culture, yeah. Interesting. Yeah. Do you think you'll do it? I don't know. I'd be open to it, but I don't know. Probably not. Yeah. So it was 07, quick deployment.

This whole time I'm growing a lot in my faith and praying a lot more, and this idea of priesthood comes. How did the idea of priesthood come? It started as just a random idea. Like when I'd be in the car driving around, doing the quality control stuff, or on the forklift working, or in the warehouse, be at the gym, be doing other stuff.

This whole time I'm growing a lot in my faith and praying a lot more, and this idea of priesthood comes. How did the idea of priesthood come? It started as just a random idea. Like when I'd be in the car driving around, doing the quality control stuff, or on the forklift working, or in the warehouse, be at the gym, be doing other stuff.